Police: Former dentist back in prison after paying a visit to the judge that sentenced him.

GLASTONBURY — A former dentist who served a prison sentence after his conviction on charges of larceny and conspiracy for his role in a scheme to traffic in expensive stolen cars is back in prison after police say he paid a visit to the home of the judge who sentenced him.

Mark Stuart, 57, of Thompson Street in Glastonbury, went to the Glastonbury home of Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield the afternoon of Dec. 26.

Cofield recognized Stuart and called police because she feared Stuart went to her house to retaliate against her for sentencing him to prison.

Cofield told police that Stuart arrived at her house uninvited, parked in her driveway and knocked on the front door. When she answered, she said Stuart asked if "Curtissa" was there. She said she told him "no," and asked who he was.

She said he identified himself as Mark Stuart and described himself as a friend of the judge and said, "tell her I said hi." He then returned to his car, let a dog out to run around on the judge's lawn, then eventually left.

Police later got a hold of Stuart, who is on parole, and he said he knew the judge "from my case."

He said he went to visit the judge because he wants to work with her "as an activist for innocent people in prison," according to an arrest report.

In a subsequent interview with police, Stuart said he meant no harm to Cofield and said they occasionally saw each other at the grocery store. They "waved to each other [at the market] so he did not think she would mind him visiting her home," a police report on the incident reads.

Glastonbury police charged Stuart with breach of peace and trespass. He is to be arraigned Jan. 14 in Superior Court in Manchester. His parole officer ordered him back into custody.

Police also ordered him to have no further contact with Cofield.

Stuart was convicted in April 2006 of 29 counts related to the trafficking of expensive stolen cars.

The charges stemmed from a December 2004 incident in which Glastonbury police discovered a stolen Cadillac Escalade in front of Stuart's Hebron Avenue dental practice. Police found that the vehicle identification numbers and the title had been altered. Police also discovered a stolen Lincoln Navigator and Corvette at Stuart's home along with other fraudulent titles and other documents scattered throughout the kitchen and dining room.